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Accounts for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Canal Commissioners were required to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle accounts with the comptroller relating to construction of a harbor or basin at Buffalo and Black Rock (western terminus of the Erie Canal). This series consists of accounts (receipts and bills) for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company. Most accounts are receipts for cash salary payments for labor. Also included are itemized bills for purchases of food, produce, and materials.
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Accounts for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company
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0.2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1820-1822
Series Number:
A1452

Arrangement

Rough numerical by bill or receipt number.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of accounts (receipts and bills) for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company. Chapter 282 of the Laws of 1822, passed April 17, 1822, authorized construction of a harbor or basin at Buffalo and Black Rock (western terminus of the Erie Canal). Canal Commissioners were required to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle accounts with the comptroller.

The majority of accounts are receipts for cash salary payments for labor. Also present are fuller itemized bills for purchases of food, produce, and materials.

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